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【趣味英语】春节小知 世界节日（1）Spring

Time and time again, one may be warned, “Your name will be Mud.” Many have used the expression in the mistaken belief that it has something to do with the kind of dirt found in the streets or on unclean river bottoms. But the expression comes from the name of Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd, a physician who fixed the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth, the man who killed President Abraham Lincoln. Doctor Mudd treated Booth's injured leg without knowing who he was.

    A small group helped Booth to plan Lincoln's murder. They were all caught and sentenced to death or prison terms.

    Doctor Mudd had nothing to do with Lincoln's murder or with any of the men who had planned it. All seemed to show that he was an innocent(清白的) man. But he had given some kind of help only to allow Booth to escape. This in itself was a crime then. And so, Doctor Mudd was sentenced to prison for life.

    In prison, Doctor saved many prisoners and guards in a yellow fever outbreak. President Andrew Johnson pardoned him in 1869, after the Doctor had spent almost four years in prison.

    The American people considered the murder of Lincoln a heavy blow to them. It filled them with bitterness that lasted many years. They hated Booth very, very much and they also hated anybody who had helped the murderer in any way. Doctor Mudd was freed, but people never forgave him and his name passed into American folk speech as something bad, hateful. The Mudd family had also suffered a lot because of the name until not long ago.

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    Choose the best answer:

    1. The best title for this text is _________ .

    A. Abraham Lincoln, the GREat President for the American people

    B. Your name will be Mud

    C. Social problems in the United States During the 1860's

    D. Old Law System of the Untied States

    2. Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd was put in prison because _________ .

    A. he had helped Booth murder Lincoln

    B. the American people loved Lincoln deeply

    C. he had let Booth go because he didn't know who he was.

    D. he hadn't reported the fact to the American government

    3. From the last paragraph it can be inferred that _________ .

    A. Doctor Mudd has recently been set free

    B. Doctor Mudd's innocent was declared

    C. There will be more expressions with Mudd

    D. The American people hate anyone who kills their president

    4. If it had not been for President Andrew Johnson, Doctor Mudd _________ .

    A. would have spent the rest of his life in prison

    B. would have been sentenced to five years' prison life

    C. would be thought of as a criminal forever

    D. would suffer a lot from the name

    参考答案：1.B   2.C   3.B  4.A